Category: BSL

  • Laurel, Mississippi Considers BSL

    Laurel, Mississippi Considers BSL

    From the Leader Call: “Laurels administration and some city council members are beginning the steps to possibly ban pit bulls within the city limits. After researching bans within other cities, including Richland and Clinton in Mississippi, administration officials have rewritten the animal control ordinance. The city council began debate on the issue during a public…

  • Little Rock, Arkansas Considers Severe Breed-Specific Strictures

    Little Rock, Arkansas Considers Severe Breed-Specific Strictures

    From todaysthv.com: “The City of Little Rock is considering putting restrictions on Pit Bulls rather than banning the breed. The Little Rock Pit Bull Committee gave its recommendations on restrictions to the Little Rock Animal Services Advisory Board Wednesday night. The advisory board discusses them before they go to the city council for consideration.” Continue…

  • Reading, PA To Consider BSL

    Reading, PA To Consider BSL

    From PennLive.com: “A spate of pit bull attacks may lead [Reading] to impose restrictions on owners of the breed beginning next year. Reading has tallied 32 dog bites this year, about 60 percent of them by pit bulls, according to the Humane Society. A city ordinance requires restrictions on a breed in the year after…

  • Frostburg, MD Considers BSL

    Frostburg, MD Considers BSL

    From the Cumberland Times-News: “Numerous pit bull owners and their supporters attended the Frostburg mayor and council meeting Thursday, opposing any ordinance that would prohibit ownership of the breed in the Mountain City. At the request of Public Safety Commissioner John Ralston, city officials began public discussion about potential regulation of dangerous or vicious breeds…

  • Head’s Up Oklahoma: BSL Has Been Suggested at Lexington, Oklahoma City Council Meeting

    Head’s Up Oklahoma: BSL Has Been Suggested at Lexington, Oklahoma City Council Meeting

    According to Channel 9’s NewsOK.com: “…the [Lexington, Oklahoma] council discussed an ordinance that would ban pit bull terriers from the city’s limits. The council was concerned about the legality of an ordinance that would ban a specific breed and decided to check with other cities and lawmakers.”

  • Sulphur, Louisiana Considers Breed-Specific Enclosure/Leash Law

    Sulphur, Louisiana Considers Breed-Specific Enclosure/Leash Law

    From KATC.com: “Pit bull owners, breeders and groomers in Sulphur appeared at special city council meeting to speak out against an ordinance. The ordinance, presented in a public hearing and tabled until the regular meeting August 13th, would require all pit bulls in the city to be confined in kennels when not accompanied by their…

  • Little Rock Ad Hoc Committee to Discuss Possible “Pit Bull” Ban

    Little Rock Ad Hoc Committee to Discuss Possible “Pit Bull” Ban

    From Today’s THV.com: “Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola formed a committee to examine whether Little Rock should ban Pit Bulls. The Little Rock Animal Services Advisory Board made the announcement at its meeting Wednesday night… …The committee looking into the ban must report back to Mayor Stodola by July 31.”

  • Warden, WA Considers Banning “Pit Bulls” and Rottweilers

    Warden, WA Considers Banning “Pit Bulls” and Rottweilers

    From the Columbia Basin Herald: “Warden is waiting to hear more information from Royal City regarding a dog ordinance banning specific breeds. Council discussed holding a public meeting on the matter before voting on whether to adopt it. The town is considering adopting the ban on pit bulls and rottweilers and have so far heard…

  • Beebe, Arkansas Won’t “Grandfather” in Current “Pit Bull” Owners When They Pass a Ban

    Beebe, Arkansas Won’t “Grandfather” in Current “Pit Bull” Owners When They Pass a Ban

    From The Arkansas Leader: “At their May council meeting, Beebe aldermen examined the Lonoke ordinance, the same one Cabot is considering, and decided they dont want to grandfather the dogs already in the city. They asked City Attorney Mark Derrick to prepare an ordinance for the June meeting that would give owners 60 days to…

  • Phillipsburg, NJ Considers Strictures for “Pit Bull” Owners

    Phillipsburg, NJ Considers Strictures for “Pit Bull” Owners

    The Phillipsburg City Council is considering an ordinance specific to “pit bulls” which could include requiring them to be leashed (an ordinance they should already have for all dogs), muzzled, licensed specific to their breed (except that “pit bull” is not a breed), walked only by adults in public, and insured for $1 million (even…